Talk radio host and Ted Cruz surrogate Glenn Beck put on a brave face Tuesday evening as news broke that the Texas senator had suspended his presidential campaign.
“Tomorrow is a big day, folks. For individual citizens, largely nothing changes. We all still have our own personal responsibilities,” Beck said in a blog post. “Regardless of who ends up being president, we are responsible for holding them accountable to the people — to the Constitution. We still owe each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.”
Cruz announced Tuesday that he would suspend his campaign after media projected he had lost the Indiana Republican primary to billionaire businessman Donald Trump.
“From the beginning I’ve said that I would continue on as long as there was a viable path to victory,” Cruz told a crowd of supporters in the Hoosier State. “Tonight I’m sorry to say it appears that path has been foreclosed. With a heavy heart but with boundless optimism for the long-term future of our nation, we are suspending our campaign.”
For Beck, who lost nearly half a million dollars of his own money serving as Cruz’s most visible and outspoken campaign surrogate, the senator’s loss Tuesday marked a heartbreaking defeat.
“Civilizations and societies go through waves of belief in Individual Liberty versus belief in Government. So, for now, we’re in the minority. Weather the storm. Believe in our nation’s founding principles, believe in our rights, believe in God, and we will ultimately prevail. No matter who is president and no matter how far down the path to Socialism or Fascism our nation goes, each of us must still stand for Liberty,” the talk radio host wrote.
“As long as we stand up for our principles and our rights — for each other — we will continue to win. Each of us must still feed our families, must still defend freedom, must still be honorable. What is happening in this election is normal. If you think it’s abnormal, you aren’t looking back far enough into history. Civilizations go through this. Societies aren’t a straight line of growth. There are down waves for every up wave.
“Tomorrow is just Wednesday. It’s another day where each of us has an opportunity to be a moral person. To defend Liberty. To protect our neighbor’s rights, and count on him to defend our own,” he concluded.
